The world’s birthrate may already be below replacement level

Published August 23, 2024 4:19pm ET



In the last few years, Americans began to realize what most Europeans and many East Asians had realized last decade: We’re in the middle of a global Baby Bust.

Birthrates are falling in almost every country. Many countries have shrinking populations.

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